Zen and Oneness

Oneness is all there is! But how can we begin to understand this when we are completely absorbed in our conviction that we are separate? The author, who has spent years as a Zen monk, talks about the realization that comes from what is known as a Kensho, or the seeing of one's true nature. This book points to the essence of what Zen insight reveals. It looks directly at those assumptions and problematic beliefs which prevent us from being able to see that our world is One. The idea that you are an individual human living in the world is so ingrained that it is a cornerstone of every aspect of thought and emotion. It is the basis of your identity and of how you think. You have never questioned this assumption and over this foundation has been laid a framework of additional beliefs. Understanding Oneness is about directly recognizing what is here and who you are. The mind's habit is to continually color and obscure one's view of the world through its beliefs and identification with itself as a separate entity. But to directly "see" is immediate and without thought or beliefs. This is a short and deceptively simple book which clearly explains the distilled fundamental Zen concepts of Oneness.